ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS last night insisted he did not care if his head was on the chopping block at Chelsea.

His team have lost three of their last four Premier League matches, heaping pressure on their Portuguese manager, 34, ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash away to Bayer Leverkusen.

But Andre Villas-Boas said: “I’m not worried. I understand why we’re going through this. No excuses.

“When results like this happen, the head of the manager is called for. I’m not worried about the comments.

“I want to get my team back to winning ways and we’ll try and do that against Leverkusen.

“The negative spiral that this team went through last year [10 points from 11 games from early November], we don’t want to go into a similar run of games.

“The emotions that these people lived through last year are enough to make them want to avoid that stigma this time.”

Me and the players believe it’s the right way

Andre

Chelsea, in particular skipper John Terry and David Luiz, have looked ill at ease with the high defensive line their manager has demanded, but Villas-Boas stressed there was no chance of him changing his approach.

“Me and the players believe it’s the right way,” he added.

“You need results to gain the confidence to play at this level and keep the philosophy. But the philosophy will be the last thing that will be changed.”